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did it also, winning the AA pennant in 1889 and the NL pennant in 1890, while football's Cleveland Browns won the AAFC championship in 1949 and the NFL championship in 1950. The Reds are also the only Major League team that never failed to win a pennant.
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clubs to a combined circuit. As part of the settlement, the owners of the four clubs not joining the combined circuit, including the Reds, were paid $ 135,000 and their players dispersed to the surviving clubs.
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was being rebuilt following a fire. The Congress Street Grounds, with its close left field foul line, quickly gained some more history, as
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pressed for the consolidation of the American Association with the National League. Part of the posturing included the
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American Association Boston Reds team of 1891. Michael T. "Nuf Ced" McGreevy Collection, Boston Public Library
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Their abandoned ballpark was revived for use by the National League club in 1894, during the weeks that
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hit four home runs in one game there, the first player to accomplish that feat.
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Years in parentheses are years in the American Association
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in the 1890s. The team took its name from the successful
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Index

Boston Reds (1890–91)
Union Association
Boston Reds (UA)
1890
1891
Boston, Massachusetts

1890 Boston Reds
American Association
Players' League
Congress Street Grounds
Arthur Irwin
King Kelly
1891
1890
baseball team
Boston, Massachusetts
Players' League
American Association
Congress Street Grounds
Boston
National Association
National League
(Boston) Red Stockings
pennant
New York Giants
St. Louis Browns
Brooklyn Dodgers

National League

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